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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> </head> <body> <div style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:12px; text-align:justify"> <table width="800" border="0" style="border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px;" align="center" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /> Reserve Bank of India <br /><br /> RBI penalises 13 Banks for violating KYC Norms<br /><br /> MANU/RPRL/0184/2016 - (27 Jul 2016)<br /><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" style="background-color:#FDEDCE"><strong>The Reserve Bank of India has imposed monetary penalty on the following banks for violation of regulatory directions / instructions / guidelines, among other things, on KYC norms. The details of the penalty are:<BR><BR> <table BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="500" DIR="LTR"> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">S. No.</td> <td WIDTH="38%"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Name of the bank</td> <td WIDTH="48%"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Penalty Amount (in `million)</td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Allahabad Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">2.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Bank of India</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Bank of Baroda</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">50</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Canara Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Corporation Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">6.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">HDFC Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">7.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">IndusInd Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">8.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Punjab National Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">30</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">9.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">RBL Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">SBBJ</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">11.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">SBM</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">10</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">12.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Syndicate Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">30</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td WIDTH="14%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">13.</font></td> <td WIDTH="38%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">UCO Bank</font></td> <td WIDTH="48%"><font FACE="Calibri"> <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">20</font></td> </tr> </table><BR><BR> Eight other banks, namely, Axis Bank, Federal Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, OBC, Standard Chartered Bank, SBI and Union Bank of India have been advised to put in place appropriate measures and review them from time to time to ensure strict compliance of KYC requirements and FEMA provisions on an ongoing basis.<BR><BR> The penalties have been imposed in exercise of powers vested in the Reserve Bank under the provisions of Section 47(A) (1) (c) read with Section 46(4)(i) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, taking into account the violations of the instructions/directions/guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank from time to time. This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the bank and its customers.</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" ><strong>Tags : KYC Norms, Violation, Penalty</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <!--<td><strong>Source : <a target="_new" href="http://www.manupatrafast.com/">newsroom.manupatra.com</a></strong></td>--> <td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Source : newsroom.manupatra.com</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Regards</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top">Team Manupatra</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>